This situation is easily distinguishable from hypoglycemia from starvation - the latter unlikely to happen in non-diabetic children who spent the day eating swe

This situation is easily distinguishable from hypoglycemia from starvation - the latter unlikely to happen in non-diabetic children who spent the day eating sweet fruit. Checking basic labs such as a blood glucose fingerstick - as would have happened at a properly provisioned hospital - would not identify the specific fruit but it may well have prevented these kids from dying, as the treatment is just to give sugar.